The Big Sleep

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film film noir mystery film

The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

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Label	Occurrences
The Big Sleep canonical	24
The Big Sleep (1946 film)	17
The Big Sleep (1969 film)	1
The Big Sleep (1978 film)	1
The Big Sleep (novel)	1
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ film noir ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
author	Raymond Chandler ⓘ
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blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
character	Carmen Sternwood ⓘ General Sternwood ⓘ Philip Marlowe ⓘ Vivian Rutledge ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Sidney Hickox ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Howard Hawks ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Christian Nyby ⓘ
filmSeries	Philip Marlowe ⓘ surface form: Philip Marlowe films
genre	film noir ⓘ mystery ⓘ
hasRemake	The Big Sleep self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Big Sleep (1978 film)
leadActor	Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
leadActress	Lauren Bacall ⓘ
mainCharacter	Philip Marlowe ⓘ
musicBy	Max Steiner ⓘ
notableFor	complex plot ⓘ on-screen chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ⓘ snappy dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	private detective ⓘ
producer	Charles K. Feldman ⓘ Howard Hawks ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
rating	considered a classic of film noir ⓘ
releaseDate	1946-08-23 ⓘ
releaseYear	1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	114 ⓘ
screenwriter	Jules Furthman ⓘ Leigh Brackett ⓘ William Faulkner ⓘ
setInPeriod	1930s ⓘ
setting	Los Angeles ⓘ
starring	Dorothy Malone ⓘ Humphrey Bogart ⓘ John Ridgely ⓘ Lauren Bacall ⓘ Martha Vickers ⓘ
studioEra	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
title	The Big Sleep self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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